I need help with a riddle. Here Goes: A son was born before his father. The son killed his mother. The son also married his siste. How is this possible?
Top answer
"Before" can mean in front of. Maybe that explains the first sentence. The second and third sentences are strange, but not hard to explain.
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"Before" can mean in front of.
Maybe that explains the first sentence.
The second and third sentences are strange, but not hard to explain.
That's my guess, but I don't think it is right.
It's not a very clever answer on my part.
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The answer is that when he was born he was in front of his father, his mother died giving birth to him, he became a minister and married his sister off